John George Jackson (September 22, 1777 – March 28, 1825) was a United States representative from Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Education and career Born on September 22, 1777, near Buckhannon, Virginia (now West Virginia), Jackson moved with his parents to Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1784, receiving an English training and becoming a civil engineer. He was a surveyor of the public lands west of the Ohio River from 1796 to 1798. He read law in 1801. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1801, and from 1811 to 1812. He was in private practice in Clarksburg from 1801 to 1803, and from 1817 to 1819. Congressional and militia service Jackson was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Virginia's 1st congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 8th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, to September 28, 1810, when he resigned. While in the United States Congress, he fought a duel with United States Representatives Joseph Pearson of North Carolina, and on the second fire was wounded in the hip. He was a brigadier general of the Virginia Militia in 1812. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Virginia's 1st congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 13th and 14th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1817. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1816 to the 15th United States Congress. Federal judicial service Jackson was nominated by President James Monroe on February 20, 1819, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, to a new seat authorized by 3 Stat. 478. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 24, 1819, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on March 28, 1825, due to his death in Clarksburg. He was interred in the Old Jackson Cemetery in Clarksburg. Family Jackson was the son of George Jackson, a United States Representative from Virginia, the brother of Edward B. Jackson, a United States Representative from Virginia, and the grandfather of William Thomas Bland, a United States Representative from Missouri. Prior to marriage, Jackson had a son, General John J. Jackson, the father of John Jay Jackson Jr.